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Do you think anyone will be able to remember who any of us are in 600 years? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 51 points 1 year ago (23 children)

The vast, vast majority of people are forgotten within 100 years. Pretty much need to be in an extremely high position where records are kept, like presidents, or do something extraordinarily positive or negative.

I strongly doubt anyone reading this post will be remembered after the people they met or interacted with directly have died.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Or be a really shitty copper merchant

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Yeah, weird random chance makes a huge difference. Otzi was probably well known, but only hyper-regionally. Lucy was basically just an unusually smart animal, and that was millions of years ago.

    And just because you're forgotten for a bit doesn't mean you won't come back into style.

    Hmm. So if you want 15 minutes of fame a long time from now, what's some weird easter egg you can leave?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Buttplug

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Archeologists actually dig up a lot of sex toys, believe it or not. That won't get you noticed.

    A time capsule with something that nobody else will think to preserve might do it. Way too many preserve things the future is actually meh about. I wonder if a weird data footprint might be even better at this point. Like, if you filled out some official form thousands of times just for fun, and someone a long time from now is doing analysis and turns it into a meme.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    I actually have a geneology book （族谱） from my paternal lineage (everybody does this in China). Its just a bunch of names, and some history of the village summarized. I hate tradition and I'm already in the US right now, I dont give a shit about the stupid geneology book anymore, my ancesters will probably be so pisses to find out that I totally ignored all the hard efforts lol. (My village still has a copy, but I'm not adding more name to the stupid thing, a waste of time, its also misogynistic AF, if there's a daugher, then the lineage doesn't record their decendents. So dumb, as I guy, I hate this patriarchal bullshit)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Some aspects of that tradition are commendable, though. It would be neat to see this updated in a less male-centric fashion.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Sure, but what if the dead people are right? Statistically, they will be some share of the time.

    The catch is that that goes for all the various disagreeing traditions. Putting priority on your own is sus.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    With the U.S. only being 250 years old, I can't say anyone would remember presidents in 600 years. If the U.S. is gone there will likely be mention of 1 president that was in power when whatever came and took/changed it. During the planetary destruction revolution there was a plethora of wasteful greed. They called it an industrial revolution that ran rampant with greed and wastefulness.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    History preserved the names of heads of state from countries that had a much shorter existence or impact. 600 years might seem a long time to Americans but it's not that long for historical memory.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    That's quite sad tbh, we're all just tiny specks on the timeline of humans

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Perhaps but what is the value of human life? Being remembered of living and enjoying life? You won't be around to care that no one remembers you, but you are here to enjoy life right now. So why be bothered by what people in 600 years are up to.

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